Unbeaten Three-Division World Champion Garcia Challenges Unbeaten Junior Welterweight World Champion Lipinets in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Main Event
SAN ANTONIO, TX (1月 19, 2018) – The highly anticipated showdown between undefeated three-division world champion マイキー·ガルシア and IBF 140-pound champion セルゲイLipinets has been rescheduled for Saturday, 3月 10目. The Premier Boxing Champions event was set to take place on 2月10日, but Garcia’s quest for a fourth world title had to be rescheduled following a training injury to Lipinets’ 手. The fight will be live on SHOWTIME and will remain in San Antonio but move to the Freeman Coliseum.
Ticket information will be released early next week. Those holding tickets for the original date at the Alamodome will receive priority on seat exchange for the new venue. チケットはで販売されています $250, $150, $75, $50 と $20 and will be available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 210 556-6390. The event is promoted by Ringstar Sports and TGB Promotions, in association with Leija-Battah Promotions.
The remainder of the card will remain the same including the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, which will see two-division world champion ランセス·バルテレミー 上の服用 Kiryl Relikh 昨年5月のスリリングな試合の再戦で, 今度は空位のWBA 140ポンド世界タイトルを狙う. The doubleheader of title bouts in the wide-open 140-pound division sets the stage for a potential unification match.
The 29-year-old Garcia (37-0, 30 戦績), emphatically returned to pound-for-pound lists in 2017 by scoring a highlight reel knockout of Dejan Zlaticanin to win the WBC Lightweight World Championship in January and then dominating four-division champion Adrien Broner on his way to a unanimous decision in July. Garcia is a member of a renowned boxing family, and is noted for his sportsmanship and his commanding presence in the ring, honed by his brother and acclaimed trainer Robert Garcia.
ガルシア, of Moreno Valley by way of Oxnard, カリフォルニア州。, returned to the ring after a two-and-half-year layoff in July 2016 without missing a beat by stopping former champion Elio Rojas. ガルシア, who has held world titles at 126, 130 と 135 ポンド, 止まりました 19 彼の最後の 22 opponents including Roman “ロッキー” マルティネス, Juan Manuel Lopez and Orlando Salido.
勝利で, Garcia would become only the third fighter in modern history to become champion at 126, 130, 135 そして、140ポンド, joining future Hall of Famers Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao*.
The unbeaten Lipinets (13-0, 10 戦績) captured a super lightweight world title in just his 13目 pro fight by defeating Akihiro Kondo via a unanimous decision on 11月 4 ショウタイムで. He is originally from Kazakhstan but moved to Russia when he was six years old. He currently lives in Beverly Hills, カリフォルニア州, Lipinets and is trained by Buddy McGirt.
The 28-year-old moved up the 140-pound rankings with victories over then unbeaten Haskell Rhodes, Levan Ghvamichava and Walter Castillo before knocking out Leonardo Zappavigna in a world title eliminator last December. Lipinets will look to stamp his place as an elite fighter when he takes on the accomplished and dangerous Garcia on March 10.
*Pacquiao won lineal championships at 126 そして、140ポンド, although he did not win alphabet titles.
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